America and the End

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

     I AM NOT A THEOLOGIAN. I AM A LONGTIME JOURNALIST. I AM ALSO A BELIEVER WHO REGULARLY READS SCRIPTURE AND I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND THOUGHTS.

     FIRST, WHAT WILL THE END TIMES LOOK LIKE FOR AMERICA? WITH SO MANY ABORTIONS AND THE APPROVAL OF THINGS GOD CALLS ABOMINATIONS, WHY SHOULD WE THINK HE WOULD OVERLOOK THESE SINS?

     SCRIPTURE HAS A LOT TO SAY ABOUT NATIONS AND KINGS. ISAIAH MAY HAVE SAID IT BEST WHEN HE NOTED THAT GOD REGARDS ALL NATIONS AS A DROP IN THE BUCKET AND LESS THAN NOTHING. THE U.S. IS A NATION AND PRESUMABLY IS INCLUDED IN “ALL.”

     IT ALSO SAYS THE KING’S HEART IS IN THE HAND OF GOD AND HE TURNS IT WHEREVER HE WILLS.

     JESUS HAD SEVERAL THINGS TO SAY ABOUT NATIONS, AS DID KING DAVID. JESUS SAID HIS KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD, BUT MANY BELIEVERS BEHAVE AS IF IT IS. AND DAVID SAID NOT TO PUT OUR TRUST IN PRINCES BECAUSE THEY CANNOT SAVE AND WHEN THEY DIE ALL OF THEIR PLANS DIE WITH THEM.

     WE SOMETIMES SING “GOD BLESS AMERICA” AT SPORTING EVENTS, BUT I ASK “WHY SHOULD HE?” WHAT ARE WE DOING TO EARN HIS FAVOR?

     SOBER THOUGHTS FOR A troubling AGE. I’M CAL THOMAS.